[553] Holiday Customs of Ireland, pp. 381 et seq.
[554] Popular Antiquities, vol. 3, p. 325.
[555] Picart, Cérémonies et Coûtumes, etc., vol. 10, p. 56.
[556] Massingberd, The English Reformation, London, 1857, p. 105.
[557] Mendieta, p. 110.
[558] Vol. 3, cap. 5, p. 234.
[559] Herrera, dec. 2, lib. 6, p. 141.
[560] Kingsborough, vol. 7, chap. 4.
[561] Teutonic Mythology, vol. 3, p. 1233.
[562] Ibid.